Senior Project Scheduler

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Salary: $77,875.20 – $91,603.20

Location: 33 N. High St. Columbus, OH 43215

• Medical, Vision, Dental, Supplemental and Life Insurance
• Paid Parental Leave
• Employee Discounts
• COTA Bus Pass
• Wellness Initiatives
• On-Site Chair Massage
• On-Site Health Coach
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Student Loan Repayment Program
• Public Pension through OPERS & Ohio Deferred Compensation

The Senior Project Scheduler develops, evaluates, maintains, and distributes project schedules for the LinkUS Program using Oracle Primavera P6 software. The Senior Project Scheduler is critical to the LinkUS Program and ensures that project timelines, resources, and costs are effectively planned, tracked, and reported. The Senior Project Scheduler provides regular reports on the status of the project and LinkUS program and consults on any potential issues and mitigation plans.

The Senior Project Scheduler is responsible for the full lifecycle reporting of the project.

The Senior Project Scheduler prepares schedule related information for contract documents such as contract conditions pertaining to time available for completion of work, scheduling specifications and schedule related exhibits. The Senior Project Scheduler integrates schedules maintained by contractors and subcontractors into an overall Integrated Master Program Schedule (IMPS) for the LinkUS program of projects.

The Senior Project Scheduler works closely with project managers, engineers, and other stakeholders to ensure all scheduling needs are met and any potential risks to the schedule are identified and mitigated.

Performs other duties in alignment with the COTA Strategic Plan and in support of the organization's vision to Move Every Life Forward.

• Schedule Development and Analysis
  • Develop and monitor summary level phases for the program schedule to show the major deliverables, key milestones, and summary of work breakdown structure activities for tracking the project at a summary level.
  • Analyze baseline status and update schedules to adhere to contract requirements of scope, cost, quality, safety, procurement, permitting and project performance period, to provide the Director, LinkUS Program Controls with an accurate tracking tool to monitor contractor performance.
  • Assist, review, and support the risk register and project risk planning to ensure risks are proactively and effectively managed to minimize impact on schedule and cost.
  • Use Earned Value Management (EVM) techniques such as schedule/cost variance, schedule/cost performance index to determine the health of the project and provide advice and solutions to project/program managers regarding any foreseen/unforeseen slippage or cost overruns.
  • Prepare monthly project reports on resource allocations and status of milestones to provide project/program managers summary information on ongoing projects.
• Progress Monitoring & Reporting
  • Monitor project progress against the baseline schedule and report on deviations, delays, and changes.
  • Produce periodic reports on project performance, including Earned Value Management (EVM), critical path analysis, and milestone tracking.
  • Support risk management efforts by updating risk logs and filing supporting documentation as requested.
• Risk Management and Mitigation
  • Provide regular updates on project health, including schedule forecasts, potential risks, and impacts.
  • Monitor and report critical path and schedule performance.
  • Analyze the critical path to specific activities.
  • Quickly and efficiently identify variance from previous baselines.
  • Build and manage a baseline schedule using Federal Transportation Administration (FTA) and Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) standards, Project Management Institute (PMI) best practices.
  • Prepare various forensic analysis per recommended practices and contract specifications.
  • Update and track risks and ensure that risks are included in schedule updates.
  • Support quality requirements and document quality management information.
  • Conduct schedule analysis and studies of problem areas to determine the criticality of scheduled activities.
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